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Do you feel compelled to write, but something is stopping you from getting on with it?

Do you feel you have a story to tell, or simply something 'to say' but don't know how to start, or how to continue?

Are you looking for a deeper connection to your self, or a sense of fulfilment?

Are...(more) you in need of encouragement and the company of other writers?

In this online “playshop,” you will find tips and support from Sandra Jensen's DIVING DEEPER process; you will find writing games and suggestions which will help you break through Writer's Block, find your authentic voice, and tell your stories. You will generate more subjects, themes and ideas that you will ever be able to use, (but it is a big comfort to have a book full of them so that you will never feel stuck again.)

You can fine tune your writing skills at formal workshops and courses - this workshop is about jumping in, liberating your Inner Writer, and getting started. Or, to paraphrase Guy Kawasaki, it is about “the art of the start.” Once you learn how to overcome your writing Ogres, and trust your true voice, there will be no stopping you.

If you are an experienced writer, you will find like-minded souls to commune with and share your process.

This is not a specific 'writing course' but a community of writers with something for every level of interest. It is however, strongly based on Sandra Jensen's Diving Deeper methods.

Have a read of Diving Deeper in a Nutshell for the approach we take here.

If you want to join us, please go here: ”How to Join Diving Deeper” - you will find all you need to know on how to join. This is a 'request-in' group which has a specific entry process. You don't have to be 'a writer' to be able to join, so don't hesitate to ask any questions of Sandra or one of the moderators. All this information is in the How to Join Diving Deeper room.

Sandra Jensen leads Diving Deeper writing retreats in Europe and North America. Her non-fiction work has been published in newspapers in Canada, the Whole Earth Magazine and Utne Reader. Her fiction has been published on Verbsap.com, The Dublin Quarterly, r.kv.r.y Quarterly. Word Riot, Versal, Common Ties, Santa Fe Writers Project, Takahe, Quicksilver and Sou'wester. Work is forthcoming in AGNI, PRISM international, Per Contra and Chautauqua. She has written for the theatre, has completed a short story collection, A SORT OF WALKING MIRACLE, and is working on two novels.

“Out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field. I'll meet you there.” Rumi

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If you have 'writer's block' or are just feeling glum or stuck about your writing, this assignment and the posts in response will inspire you!

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	Thread Started	Replies	Last Post
Wretched Writers Welcome Just look at what I found ...a site and contest...	Sep 22, 2009 by Sandra	23	Feb 6, 12:11 PM by heartspeake
Truly Bad Writing Assignment Instructions Write for 15 minutes, in the worst possible way...	Oct 22, 2007 by Sandra	12	Oct 2, 2009, 4:50 PM by Gail
Troolee bad riting I am here with the oven timer going for fifteen...	Oct 7, 2007 by Sparrow [no longer around]	23	Jul 20, 2009, 7:49 PM by Sundari
Truly Awful Writing as per my own suggestion, originally to Tiffany...	May 10, 2007 by Sandra	9	Apr 18, 2008, 9:54 AM by Gabriele [no longer around]
Stuff and Nonsense So, I sit here and try to figure out what it is...	Jan 22 by aingealsoul	5	Jan 23, 3:08 PM by aingealsoul
dribbling from the brain Oh what the heck am I thinking,back here again....	Aug 23, 2009 by waterheart	14	Dec 24, 2009, 1:51 PM by waterheart
15 minutes of my head And...go! How do I begin this? Shoving myself i...	Dec 7, 2009 by chamaya	2	Dec 16, 2009, 3:36 PM by Sandra
another one hi, its me again,... i wrote a couple of weeks ...	Nov 19, 2009 by AliveLight	2	Nov 20, 2009, 2:29 AM by Gabriele
A truly wretched introduction :) Fifteen minutes.And I waste themSiting watching...	Nov 5, 2009 by Chaitanya	4	Nov 8, 2009, 9:30 AM by Sandra
think i'll read this after i press "SEND" love this name up called truly bad writing. ok ...	Nov 1, 2009 by AliveLight	5	Nov 7, 2009, 7:54 AM by Sandra

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